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THE AMERICAN BREEDS OF POULTRY 



Mrs. Dooley, the famous Partridge Wyandotte hen, which 

 won 1st prize at Madison Square Garden, Boston, Chicago, 

 Kansas City, Syracuse, Hagerstown, Columbus, Indianapolis, 

 Detroit, and Springfield, 111. Owned by Sheffield Farms, Ohio. 



to its English buyer, being too dark in color. The English were 

 breeding an orange or golden-red ground color, and the dark mahog- 

 any colored American bird was a mere cull in their eyes. 



The first Partridge Wyandottes to be exported to England were 

 shipped by Mr. Thiem to John Wharton in Yorkshire, in September, 

 after the breeding season, 1896. The pen consisted of a cock, two 

 hens and two pullets. In the summer of 1897 Mr. Wharton bought 

 six more Partridges from Mr. Thiem, paying $105 for them. The 

 progress of the variety in England was rapid, and by 1902 interest 

 had reached the point where the first cockerel at the Crystal Palace, 

 London, sold for about $825 in our money. We saw this bird, 

 mounted, some years later, and his color presented a striking con- 

 trast to the rich-toned males that were being bred in America. The 

 red in the English bird was light orange; the red in the American 

 birds was mahogany. 



